Professional musicians often keep taking music lessons after ascending to stardom. Athletes continue working with coaches after they become professionals and Olympians. Lawyers often...
Regions often can acquire interesting reputations, such as being known for having intricate ceremonies and populations of great warriors, or being sea-faring people with...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"The bad state of the modern world is due—
as you may see, then—to bad leadership;
and not to natural corruption in you."
...
This painting, by the American artist George Frederick Bensell (c. 1837-1879), was inspired by the medieval legends of Saint Genevieve of Brabant. Not to...
Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)
"I maintain that if one conducts one's life virtuously, there is no reason to be afraid of any dream that encourages...
Machiavelli (c. 1469-1527)
"There are three different kinds of brains, the one understands things unassisted, the other understands things when shown by others, the third...
This artwork, created by the French artist Jean-François Janinet (c. 1752 - 1814) after Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I (1738 – 1826), re-creates a story...
Several ancient mythological figures, according to the tales told about them, were reportedly torn apart and put back together again by their loved ones....
Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153)
"Victory means the same thing always, but the means by which generals attain it are varied and of intricate patterns."
The Alexiad (Book...
The medieval Franks had a troublesome habit of dividing their empire between several related co-kings, often numbering four monarchs. This occurred after the death...
Several ancient mythological figures, according to the tales told about them, were reportedly torn apart and put back together again by their loved ones....
Several ancient mythological figures, according to the tales told about them, were reportedly torn apart and put back together again by their loved ones....
Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113)—a prolific letter-writing lawyer, statesman, and advisor in all things dealing with finance and inheritance—was one day yachting about Lake...
This artwork, by the French artist Eugène Delacroix (c. 1798-1863), was created as he visualized and practiced for a painting that he would produce...
William Shakespeare (c. 1564 – 1616)
"Cupid is a knavish lad,
Thus to make poor females mad."
From William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act...
Professional musicians often keep taking music lessons after ascending to stardom. Athletes continue working with coaches after they become professionals and Olympians. Lawyers often...
This artwork, created by the French artist Jean-François Janinet (c. 1752 - 1814) after Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier I (1738 – 1826), re-creates a story...
Regions often can acquire interesting reputations, such as being known for having intricate ceremonies and populations of great warriors, or being sea-faring people with...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"The bad state of the modern world is due—
as you may see, then—to bad leadership;
and not to natural corruption in you."
...
Several ancient mythological figures, according to the tales told about them, were reportedly torn apart and put back together again by their loved ones....
Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113)—a prolific letter-writing lawyer, statesman, and advisor in all things dealing with finance and inheritance—was one day yachting about Lake...
